IUCN status: Extinct
Last seen: Potorous platyops were last seen in 1875 in South Western Australia (IUCN 2023)
Broad-faced potoroos were last confirmed in Perth, WA 31 years after cats arrived (Current submission).
Broad-faced potoroos were last confirmed in Norseman, WA one year before cats arrived (Current submission).
There are no studies evidencing a link between cats and the
extinction of broad-faced potoroos. In contradiction with the claim, the
extinction record from Norseman pre-dates the cat arrival record.
Evidence linking Potorous platyops to cats. Last records of extirpated populations relative to earliest local records of cats. Error bars show record uncertainty range. Predator arrival records were digitized from Abbott 2008.
Abbott, The spread of the cat, Felis catus, in Australia: re-examination of the current conceptual model with additional information. Conservation Science Western Australia 7 (2008).
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions. Conservation Biology
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023